WWII Review

When was the attack Pearl Harbor

• December 7, 1942

• December 7, 1941

• December 8, 1941

• December 6, 1942

Victory Gardens were used by Americans during WWII as a way to --

• Ensure adequate supplies of scarce natural resources

• Increase the number of exports

• Raise more food for home consumption

• Provide markets for American-made products

Which group of American citizens was subjected to the greatest loss of their constitutional rights during WWII?

• Hispanic Americans

• Chinese Americans

• German Americans

• Japanese Americans

What was an immediate effect of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan?

• The outbreak of WWII in Asia

• Official entry of the US into the war against Japan

• The surrender of Japan to the US

• Soviet troops left Germany

What effect did the end of WWII have on American women who worked in defense industries during the war?

• They were invited to join labor unions

• Their jobs were taken by men returning from military service

• Their wages were increased to match those of male workers

• Their contributions were rewarded by the government

Which WWII activity is being promoted in this poster?

• buying war bonds

• planting a Victory Garden

• enlisting in the armed forces

• supporting Executive Order 9066

Which was an example of Appeasement?

• the US Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937

• The conquest of Poland in 1939

• the entry of the United States into WWII in 1941

• the agreement of Britain and France to give Germany the Sudetenland in 1938

What was the main purpose of the U.S. government poster shown on the left?

• to encourage the public to help finance the war effort

• to recruit men for the armed services

• to protect deposits in bank accounts

• to prevent fraud in the stock market

Sell, Lease or Lend to "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States

• Cash-and-Carry Policy

• Lend-Lease Act 1941

• Atlantic Charter 1941

• Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937

The beginning of WWII is marked in History at what point:

• US invasion of Japan 1945

• Germany invades Soviet Union 1941

• Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor 1941

• Germany invading Poland 1939